AUTHENTICITY AND SIMULATION IN POST-TOURISM
AUTHENTICITY AND SIMULATION IN POST-TOURISM

Summary/Abstract: Post-tourism has undergone a few mutations in recent decades. The ironically-disposed post-tourist has come to accept and eventually seek destinations where space and time, and sometimes people themselves, have been commodified for touristic purposes. Various degrees of authenticity of a few popular tourist destinations are analyzed in the light of Baudrillard’s theory of simulation and simulacra. The conclusion briefly lays out the modern tourists’ dual attitude towards commodification and (in)authenticity.

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